Tony Perkins Blames Gays In The U.S. Military For Surge In Suicides

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Tony Perkins Blames Gays In The U.S. Military For Surge In Suicides
Posted: 01/31/2013 11:47 am EST

The Family Research Council's Tony Perkins slammed the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community yet again, linking the controversial repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy to a reported surge in U.S. military suicides.

"The stress in our military, when you look how they have used the military for their social experimentation: driving Christianity out, putting homosexuality in, suicide rate going through the ceiling," Perkins declared in a radio spot, as Right Wing Watch first reported. "I think it was last year, if I recall, the numbers there were 349 suicides in 2012 and I believe that’s more than were killed in combat, that’s the highest number since the Pentagon began tracking suicides back in 2001."

You can listen to audio of Perkins' statements here.

Perkins offered no additional evidence to back up his claims, which are in line with the American Family Association's Buster Wilson, who last year linked the rise in suicides to the government "turning" the U.S. military into "a sexual, social experiment" by repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," as also reported by Right Wing Watch.